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THURSDAY, November 25, 1909.
By Meredith Nicholson.
The Little Brown Jug
at Kildare
The governor of North Carolina ex
changed a glance and a nod with the
governor of South Carolina.
"Therefore," resumed Cooke, "we
must hit upon a plan of action that
will eliminate both states fronj the
controversy. I will, with your permis
sion, turn Appleweight over to the
United States revenue officers who are
even now in this neighborhood look
ing for him."
"No!" cried Jerry. "We shall do
nothing of the kind! I met Mr. Apple
welght under peculiar circumstances,
but I must say that I formed a high
opinion of his chivalry and I beg that
we allow him to take a little trip
somewhere until the Woman's Civic
League of Raleigh and the carping
Massachusetts press have found other
business, and he can return in peace
to his hbme."
"That," said Governor Osborne,
"meets my approval."
"And I," Ardmore added, "will give
him my private caboose in which to
cruise the large Canadian cities."
Two more prisoners were now
brought in.
"Governor Dangerfleld," continued
Ardmore, "here is your state treasurer,
who had sought to injure you by de
faulting the state bonds due today,
which is the first of June. And that
frowsy person with Mr. Foster is Sec
retary Billings, of the Bronx Loan
and Trust company, who has treated
me at times with the greatest injustice
and condescension. Whether Treas
urer Foster has the money with which
to meet those bonds I do not. know
but I do know that I have paid tlieni in
full through the Buckhaw National
Bank of Raleigh."
Colonel Daubenspeck leaped to his
feet and swung his cap. He proposed
three cheers for Jerry Dangerfleld
and three more for Barbara Osborne
and then the two governors were
cheered three times three and when
the bungalow had ceased to ring, it
was seen that Ardmore and Griswold
•were in each other's arms.
"Surely, by this time," said Mrs.
Atchison, "you have adjusted enough
of these weighty matters' for one
day, and I beg that you will all dine
with us at Ardsley tonight at eight
o'clock, where my brother and 1 will
endeavor to mark in appropriate fash
Ion the signing of peace between your
neighboring kingdoms."
"For Governor Osborne and myself
I accept, madam," replied Governor
Dangerfleld, "providing the flowing
frock-coats, which are the vesture and
symbol of our respective offices, are
still in the log house on the Raccoon
where I became a prisoner."
CHAPTER XX.
Mrs. Atchison and Ardmore had giv
en fheir last touches to the prepara
tions for the dinner. Every window of
the great house shone and a myriad of
lanterns illuminated the lawns and
terraces. The flags of North and
South Carolina were everywhere en
twined nor were the stars and stripes
neglected. They surveyed the long
table in the dining-room, where gold
and silver and crystal were bright up
on the snowy napery.
"The matter of precedence is seri
ous, Tommy," urged Mrs. Atchison. "1
can' not for the life of me remember
what two monarchs do about entering
a room at the same time."
"Nor do I Nellie." said Ardmore
"unless they sprint for the door and
the one who gets through first takes
the hfc-d of the table. Still, that would
be undignified, particularly if the kings
were old and fat, and if they bumped
going through the door and took a
header it would jar the divine right."
"Here is Democratic America," said
OriswcUd, i®Miing them, "there can be
Copyright 1908—The Bobbs-Merrill Cempnay.
(CHAPTER XIX—Continued) no such preposterous idea of preced
Governor Dangerfleld's laughter got ence."
the better of nim, but Barbara, with
dignity, turned to her father.
"It is quite true, that finding your
absence occasioning serious remark.
while your attorney-general took ad
rantage of your absence to annoy me r.ions in wasnmgion. uemucracy
in a most cowardly fashion, with the he a political triumph, but it is
tind help of Professor Griswold, I did dc^.o
"I should think better of that notion,
Professor Griswold." laughed Mrs.
Atchison, "if 1 had never seen the
goats carefully shepherded to keep
them away from the lambs at func
tions in Washington. Democracy may
i)e a political triumph, but it is cer
tainly deficient socially. Personally I
ill in my power to thwart your have always wished to bring myself
enemies, and to show the people of
South Carolina that you were not a
man to evade the responsibilities of
your office. As to the details of these
matters I prefer, father, to speak to
you in private."
"Professor Griswold?" repeated Gov
ernor Osborne haughtily. "I believe 1
in touch with the poor. Ard.v is quite
right that our own kind are distinctly
uninteresting."
"You ought to remember. Nellie,
that your idea of going slumming in
a purple coupe and dressed up in your
best rags is not well calculated to
inspire confidence and affection among
eruui vouuiuc nougumj, uon-rv *. inspire yoiiuuuut'e
have not the honor of the gentleman's the submerged. But how to handle
acquaintance," whereupon, to ease the two governors has me fussed. You are
Av/1mATo TirAQQiitnrl ftlrl 1. ~nn1 fnv \»AH t-/i 1n
situation, Ardmore presented his old
friend.
"Governor Osborne, allow me to
present Professor Henry Maine Gris
wold, associate professor of admiralty
In the University of Virginia, and the
Author of—"
"Griswold?" The anger slowly left
Governor Osborne's face. "Do I un
derstand that you belong to the Vir
ginia tide-water family of that, name?
Than, Bir, without hesitation I offer
jrou my hand."
"Osborne," cried Governor Danger
field, "we have every reason to be
proud of our daughters. They have
done their best for us and they seem
to have acted wisely in accepting aid
from these .gentlemen and now, what
Is to be done with Bill Appleweight."
"We have with us that requisition
yon left on your desk," exclaimed
Barbara, turning to her father.
"I'm afraid that won't help," laugh
sd Governor Osborne, "that requisi
tion, Barbara, is purely Pickwickian in
character."
"The disposition of Appleweight,"
Bald Cooke, "is a matter of delicacy
for both of you gentlemen, and yon
will pardon me for thrusting myself
forward, but that this affair may end
happily for all, neither North nor
South Carolina should bear the burden
of prosecuting a man to whom— we
may say it as between friends here—
the governors of both states are under
eome trifling obligations."
the hostess, and it's for you to decide
which excellency shall take you in. I
see no way out but to match for it."
"That will be unnecessary," said
Mrs. Atchison, "for the doors and the
hall are broad enough for a dozen gov
'ernors to march in abreast."
"That would never do. Nellie! Yon
don't understand these things. You
can't hitch up a brace of American
governors in a team and drive them
like a pair of horses. At least, speak
ing for the Old North State, I will
say that we can never consent to any
such compromise."
"And 1, speaking for the great Palm
etto Commonwealth, not less emphat
ically reject the idea!" declared Gris
wold.
"Then," said Mrs. Atchison, "there
is only one possible solutions. When
the rest of us have entered the dining
room and taken our places, a bugle
will sound the governor of North Car
olina shall enter from the north door
the governor of South Carolina from
the south door, and advance to seats
facing each other midway of the table.
Professor Griswold, you are an old
friend of the family, and you shall
yourself take me in to dinner."
The members of Mrs. Atchison's
nouse party, well distributed among
the official guests, were still some
what at a loss to know what had hap
pened, but it seemed to be in the air
that Tommy Ardmore had at last done
something, though just what was not
wholly clear. It was sufficiently
obvious, however, that the little girl
with blue eyes who had the drollest
possible way of talking and whom one
never seemed able to take off guard,
had seized strong hold upon the mas
ter of Ardslev and she. on her part,
treated him with the most provoking
condescension. It was agreed by all
that Miss Osborne was distinguished
and lovely and that Professor Gris
wold did not seem out of place at her
side.
The talk grew general after the first
restraint was over, and Mrs. Atchison
dropped just the right word here and
there to keep the ball rolling. Gover
nor Osborne had generously forgotten
and forgiven his painful incarceration
in the corn-crib, and he and Governor
Dangerfleld vied with each other in
avowing their determination to live up
to the high standards that had been
set for them by their daughters.
Both governors had at almost the
same moment turned down their
glasses. It even seemed that they had
been drilled in the part, so dexterous
were they in reversing them, so
nimbly did they put from them the
hope of wine. The members of the
house-party noted this act of the two
governors, with well-bred surprise
and Ardmore was grieved, feeling
that in some measure the illustrious
guests were criticizing his hospitality.
The butler at this moment spoke to
him, and much relieved he smiled and
nodded. A moment later two jugs, two
little brown jugs, were carried in, and
one was placed quietly in front of
each governor at precisely the same
moment. Expectation was instantly a
liptoe.
"Gentlemen," said Ardmore, address
ing the governors, "these jugs have
just been left at the house by our old
friend, Mr. Bill Appleweight, alias
Poteet, with his compliments, for the
governors of the two greatest states
in the union. 1 note that there's a
bit of pink calico around the stopper of
Governor Dangerfleld's jug, while Gov.
ernor Osborne's is garnished with blue
and white gingham."
Governor Osborne rose.
"In politics," he began, resting his
hand gently on the jug, "it would be
a fine thing if we could all live up to
our noblest ideals, -but unfortunately
we must be all things to all men. What
1 have here is not merely the testi
monial of a valued constitutent, but
something much subtler than that,
ladies arid gentlemen—a delicate proof
that those of us who would command
the good-will and suffrages of the peo
ple must keep a careful eye on the
weather-vane. This jug, which you
probably all believe contains the rude
product of some hidden stil, is as
equivocal as a political meaning. I
will illustrate my meaning."
All eyes were bent upon the gover
nor of South Carolina as he picked up
the iug, twisted the cob stopper for a
moment. and then poured into a
tumbler which the butler placed for
him, a clear white fluid then, turn
ing the stopper slightly, he
poured into another glass a thick milk
like liquid.
"When among my constituents 1 al
most invariably call for a gourd for
drinking purposes in preference to a
tumbler but in this company I sliali
al andon a custom of the plain people
and yield to the habits of the sons of
Mammon. I am here, I take it, once
more in my official capacity as gov
ernor of South Carolina, and as I am
not one to offend the best sentiments
of my people. I pledge you,
my
friends,
not. in the untaxed corn whisky of
Appleweight's private still, but in the
excellent and foamy buttermilk of Mrs.
Appleweight's homely churn."
As he concluded, Governor Danger-
l*
field rose and performed exactly the
same solemn rite with the jug before
him, pouring whisky into one glass,
buttermilk into the other, and leaning
across the table he touched his tum
bler of buttermilk to that extended by
Governor Osborne. When the ap
plause that greeted this exchange of
courtesies had subsided, Governor
Dangerfleld was still standing, and in
a quiet, conversational tone, and with
a manner engagingly frank, he said:
"Before it seemed expedient to fol
low the reform bandwagon, I held cer
tain principles touching the drinking
habit. But the American bar has de
stroyed drinking as a fine art, and it
has now become a vulgar habit. In
the good old times no gentleman ever
jumped at his liquor. He took it with
a casual air, even with a sanctifying
reluctance. The idea of rushing into
a public place and gulping your liquor
is repugnant to the most primary of
the instincts that govern gentlemen.
To precipitate a gill of applejack into
that most delicate organism, the hu
man stomach, without, the. slightest
warning, is an insult to the human
body—ay. more. it. is an outrage upon
man's very soul. The aim of liquor,
ladies and gentlemen, is to stay and
lift the spirit, not to degrade it.
I Drinking at uroper intervals ceased to
be respectable at a .fixed date in hu
man progress—to bo' exact, at the mo
ment when it was no longer a mere
incident of personal or social recrea
tion but had become a sociological and
political issue, staggering drunkenly
under a weary burden of most painful
statistics."
"You are eminently right. Governor
Dangerfleld," said the governor of
South Carolina, helping himself to the
salted almonds "but you have used a
phrase which piques my curiosity. Will
you kindly enlighten us as to how you
interpret proper intervals?"
"With greatest pleasure," responded
Governor Dangerfleld. "I remember,
as though it were yesterday, my ven
erable grandfather saying that no
gentleman should ever approach the
sideboard oftener than once before
breaktast, and he y,'as himself a very
early riser. I discount this, however,
because he always slept with a jug of
Cuban rum—the annual offering of a
West Indian friend—easily within his
reach at the head of his bed. It was
his practice for years to sip a little
rum and water while he shaved. He
was a gentleman if ever I knew one
and as I look upon his as a standard
authority in all matters of deportment
and morals, I may safely cite him
further in answer to your question.
"During the long open season in
our country my grandfather constant
ly rode over the plantation in im
maculate white duck followed by a
darky on a mule carrying a basket. On
our ancestral estate there were many
springs giving the purest and coldest
of water, and these were providential
ly scattered at the most convenient
intervals for my grandfather's comfort.
\nd as a slight return to nature for
what she had done for him in this par
ticular, my grandfather, in his early
youth, had planted mint around all
these springs. I need hardly point
out the advantages of this happiest of
combinations—a spring of clear, icy
water the pungent bouquet of lush
mint the ample basket borne by a
faithful negro, and my grandfather in
his white duck suit and a Panama hat
a yard wide, seated by the mossy
spring, selecting with the most deli
cate care the worthiest of the fra
grant leaves.
'.'Now"—and Governor Dangerfleld
smiled—"I can see that you are busy
guessing at the nutnber of stops made
by my grandfather in the course of a
day and I hasten to satisfy your
curiosity. My grandfather always
started out at six o'clock in the morn
ing, and the springs were so arranged
that he had to make six stops before
noon, and four in the afternoon but
at five o'clock, when he reached home
all fagged out by a hard day's work
and sorely needing refreshment a
pitcher of cherry bounce was waiting
for him on the west gallery of the
house. After that he took nothing but
a night-cap on retiring for the night.
To my friend, the governor of South
Carolina, I need offer no apologies fot
mv grandfather, once a senator
congress, and a man distinguished for
his sobriety and probity. He was an
upright man and a gentleman, and
died at ninety-two, full of years and
honors, and complaining, almost with
his last breath, of a distressing dusty
feeling in the throat."
AVlien, as time passed, it seemed
that every one had told a story or
made a speech, it was Ardmore in
spiration that Griswold should sing a
song The associate professor ot
admiralty in the University of Vir
ginia had already pledged the loyalty
of his state to her neighbors and twin
sisters, the Carolinas, and Barbara,
who wore a great bunch of her own
white roses, had listened to him with
a new resnect and interest, for he
spoke well, with the special grace of
speech that men of his state have, and
with little turns of humor that kept
the table bubbling merrily.
"I shall comply with
your
^ap^FSKWii!
y»
request,
mv friends, if you can bear with the
poor voice of one long out of tune, and
if our host still has in the house a
certain ancient guitar I remember
from old times. But I must impose
one condition, that I shall not again
in this place be called by my acad
emic title. I have known wars and
the shock of battle along the Racoon"
—here his hand went to his lips in the
gesture that had so often distressed
Ardmore—"and I have known briefly
the joy of a military title. Miss Os
borne conferred on me in an emer
gency the noble title of major, and by
it I demand hereafter to be known."
The governor of South Caronial was
promptly upon his feet.
"Henry Maine Griswold," he said in
his most official manner, "I hereby ap
point you a major on my staff with all
the rights, privileges and embarrass
ments thereunto belonging, and you
shall tomorrow attend me personally
When Your Joints are Stiff
and your muscles sore from cold or
rheumatism, when you slip and sprain
a joint, strain your side or bruise your"
self, Painkiller will take out the sore
ness and fix you right. Always have
it with you. and use it freely. Avoid
ubstiUites, there is but one Painkiller,
Perry Davis'. Price 2Sc.. 35c. and 50c.
CITTUMWA^OornsrEB
in my inspection of our troops in the
field."
As the guitar was placed in Oris*
wold's hands, Ardmore caused all the
lights to be turned out save those on
the table. In the soft candle-glow Ard
more bent his face upon Jerry, who
had been merrily chaffing him at in
tervals, but who feigned at other times
an utter ignorance of his presence on
earth. As Griswold's voice rose in
the mellow dusk it seemed to Ardmore
that the song spoke things he could
not, like his friend, put into utterance,
and something fine and sweet and hal
lowed—that sweet sabbath of the
coul that comes with first love—pos
sessed him, and he ceased looking at
Jerry, but bent his head and was lost
in dreams. For the song and the voice
were both beyond what the company
had expected. It was an old air that
Griswold sang, and it gave charm to
his words, which were those of a man
who loves deeply and who dares speak
them to the woman he loves. They rose
and fell in happy cadences, and every
word rang clear. In the longer lines
of the song there was a quickening of
time that carried the sense of passion,
and Griswold lifted his head when he
uttered them and let them cry out of
him.
One of Barbara's white roses &ad
fallen into her lap and she played with
it idly but after the first verse it slip
ped from her fingers and she folded
her arms on the table and bent her
gaze on the quiet flame of the candle
before her. And this was the song
that Griswold sang:
Fair winds and golden suns
Down the year's dim aisles of gray
depart
But you are the dear white rose ot
the world
That I hide in my heart.
Last, leaves, and the first wild snow.
And the earth through an iron
void is whirled
But. safe from the tempest abide in
my heart,
O dear white rose of the world!
Blithe air and flashing wing,
And awakened sap that thrills and
flows
But hid from the riot and haste of
the spring
Sleeps one white rose.
O scattered' leaves of days!
O low-voiced glories that fade and
depart!
But changeless and dear through
the changing year
Blooms one white rose in my
heart.
The last words hung tremulously,
tenderly, on the air, and left a spell
upon the company that no one seemed
anxious to break then there was long'
applause and cries of encore but.
Ardmore, who knew that his friend
had been greatly moved, drew atten
tion away from him to Collins, who
had just entered the room.
The correspondent had been called
away shortly before from the table,
and he wore the serious air of one
heavy with news.
"I beg to report that I have just
completed a treaty with the journalists
assembled in the cellar."
"I hope, Mr. Collins, that the
journalists' convention below stairs
realized that the lobster we sent them
for supper was not canned, and that
the mushrooms were creamed for
their refreshment by Mrs. Atchison's
special command. It is not for us to
trifle with the dignity of the press,"
said Jerrv.
"The reputations of two governors
and of two states are in their hands,"
said the governor of South Carolina,
with feeling. "It would be a distress
ing end of my public services if the
truth of all these matters should be
known. The fact that Governor Dan
gerfleld and I had merely withdrawn
from public life for a little quiet poker
in the country would sound like the
grossest immorality to my exacting
constituency."
"Both yourself and Governor Dan
gerfleld will be relieved to know that
they have accepted my terms and all
is well," responded Collins. "They will
tell the waiting world that you have
both bean the guests of Mr. Ardmore,
and that the troops assembled on the
Racoon are merely at their usual
summer maneuvers. As for Apple
welght, it has seemed expedient that
he should be dead, and the man who
has been called by that name of late
is only an imposter seeking a little
cheap notoriety. The boys are veiy
sick of the cellar, and they would do
even more than this to get a
v. ay.
"Mr. Collins," said Governor Dan
gerfleld. rising, "your great merits
shall not go unrewarded. I have care
lessly neglected to appoint a delegate
•from" North Carolina to the annual
conference of the Supreme Lodge of
the Society of American Liars shortly
to meet at Lake Placid, New York. As
a slight testimonial of my confidence
and admiration. I hereby appoint you
to represent the Old North State at
that meeting, and your expenses shall
be paid from the public purse."
"The boys wish to see your ex
cellencies before they leave," said Col
lins when he had acknowledged the
governor's compliment and as he
spoke the sound of great cheering
broke through the windows, and Mrs.
Atchison promptly rose and led the
way to the broad terraces which were
now gav with colored lanterns.
(To be Continued.)
WANT IN ON OTTUMWA LINE.
Sharon Township People In Johnson
County Anxious to Be on
Interurban.
Iowa City, Nov.
23.—Now
that there
is much talk of an Interurban south of
this city to Ottumwa the people all
along the line are awakening to the
possibilities. The latest to come to
are the residents of Sharon township
in the southern part of Johnson
county.
A number of the citizens in that
township are desirous of shaving the
line pass through their land. In view
of this they have called a meeting of
the township to discuss the feasibility
of raising money for the furtherance
of the same. A number of the pro
moters of this city will attend the
meeting and it is quite probable that
steps will be taken to influence the
promoters to pass by the way of
Sharon.
FROM VARIOUS
POINTS OF VIEW
.I,
The Courier Will Publish Signed
or Unsigned Expressions From
Its Readers Upon Receipt Name
of Writer Must Be Known to
the Publisher, However. A 4
"Another local candidate has proven
himself eligible to membership in the
Order of the Knights of the Buried
Treasure I see," said one of Ottum
wa's bankers today. "Can you tell me
why any citizen of Wapello county
should want to hide his money in the
attic, when we have ten of the best
banks in the country right here in Ot
tumwa?" he continued. "People
should remember that there liaB not
been a bank failure in Ottumwa in fif
ty years that her banks are all solid
as the rock of Gibraltar that they
made a record during the panic
equalled by few banks anywhere that
they are owned and managed by men
we all know and respect that they
are examined several times a year by
experts from the state and national
banking departments, and that the
stockholders must, lose all their own
investment and as much again, be
sides the surplus of the bank before
depositors can lose a cent.
"Knowing this, how can a person
reconcile himself to banking In his at
tic, or clock, or bed tick, or a hole in
the ground? I may be prejudiced, but
I say that when Ottumwa banks offer
every possible security for the safe
keeping of the public's money, and
are, in addition, willing to pay a rea
sonable interest for the use of it, and
the people don't take advantage of the
opportunities offered them they are
not. alive and anxious to preserve
their wealth.
"Money put in the banks is loaned
out again and kept in circulation, re
sulting in good to everybody, so if
your neighbor is banking in the clock
you owe it to yourself, to your com
munity and to your neighbor more
than anyone else, to get that money
put where it will be safe and be do
ing the work for which it is intended."
"The funniest incident I have seen
for some time took place at the Union
depot yesterday afternoon when a lo
cal business man whose optics were a
little off accused one of the train re
porters-of a local newspaper of steal
ing some money from him and talking
him out of a railroad ticket to Lu
cerene, Mo.," stated a bystander at the
Union depot last night. "While local
newspaperdom has accomplished many
thines.
amone them the furnishing of
things, among them the furnishing of
one man to ministerial work ,it struck
my funny spot when the reporter was
accused of being a sneak thief. The
reporter was busy at his work when
the man came up and accused him of
stealing the money and buncoing him
out of the railroad ticket, and he was
surprised at first, as he had been call
ed everything in his newspaper work
but a sneak thief. The man was pos
itive he was the guilty party and was
going to hunt up a police officer and
have the newspaper man placed un
der arrest. The accused man tried to
prove his identity but the buncoed man
refused to accept it and the two ac
companied by another reporter started
out to look for a police officer to be
identified. After a little they run
across Officer Noah wrho patrols the
Union depot beat and he was able to
prove to the buncoed man that the
party with him was not the fellow
wanted. The business man apologized
and the last time I saw the roporter
around the depot, he and the other re
porter were puffing big Havanas, the
gift of the man who caused the trou
ble,"
PEOPLE'S PULPIT.
Nov. 23, 1909.
Editor Courier:—
Mr. England's letter published in
your issue of yesterday was read with
interest. It emphasizes the import
ance of clear and distinct calls In
cases of emergency. Ottumwa has
for vears suffered from poor telephone
service,—in fact, as poor or poorer
than anywhere else visited by most of
our citizens. These things are of ne
cessity judged by comparison. Our lo
cal company fails in the following re
spects
(1) An unreasonable delay in an
swering the first call.
(2) The difficulty in securing "Cen
tral's" attention after concluding the
first conversation and desiring a sec
ond connection
(3) Central's report of "Line Busy"
when such is not the case.
(4) Failure to call desired connec
tion or of the hell to ring, resulting In
report "They don't answer."
No. is the most flagrant weakness.
Conditions suggest either:
Inattention or. indifference on the
part of Central or inadequate help to
handle the business. This, together
with No. 2, are well known. Nos. 3
and 4 have been found to represent
actual experiences as a result of care
ful investigation.
Yours truly,
One Hoping for an Improvement
Blakesburg—Mrs. Lucy Hunt and
daughter Mabel went to Ottumwa on
Thursday .on business.
Mrs. C. F.' Slain and son Hale re
turned Wednesday from Coatsville,
Mo., where she visited her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Bugher.
Mrs. J. E. Cohagan is visiting in
Albia with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Snow.
Cyrus KoontK has bought the Carey
Angel property and will move there
soon.
You can sell or buy grain, apples,
machinery, horses cattle, hogs, sheep,
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Read the want ads today.
Dr. L. Torrence returned home from
an extended trip for the benefit of his
health.
Kate Simmons who has been visiting
Mrs. Robert Cunningham returned to
her home near Albany, Thursday.
Elmer Dorothy has rented the Geo.
DoitsUu' farm south of town and will
move there In the spring. George Dor
othy will go to South Dakota, where
he has purchased a general merchan
dise store.
Mrs. Wm. Jackson of Ottumwa Is
visiting her daughter Mrs. John Tor
rence.
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Collins left on
Thursday for Rockwood to make their
future home.
ALBIA.
Albia.—Court adjourned at noon yes
terday until Monday morning. No im
portant business has been before the
court, hence the adjournment until
next week.
Mrs. Grace Wickery was at Melrose
yesterday on business.
A license to wed was granted yester
day te Walter E. Llvingood age 26 and
Mayme Way, aged 30, both of Lovllla.
You can sell or buy grain, apples,
machinery, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep,
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Read the want ads today.
Miss Elizabeth Haven of Ottumwa
was at Albia yesterday organizing a
class in elocution.
T. B. Hamilton who resides near Mo
ravia transacted business at Albia
Friday afternoon.
Raymond Cronwell is recovering by
degrees from his recent serious acci
dent.
Joe Harlow of Des Moines is the
guest of relatives and old friends at
Albia this week.
Mrs. Hattle Claver of Bluff Creek
township spent Friday with friends ^n
town.
Mr and Mrs. William Turner were
in the city yesterday the guests of
friends.
R. W Hoffman of Selection was
looking after business matters at
Albia yesterday afternoon.
ALBIA.
Albia—Mrs. Wm. Peppers died on
Thursday at h«r home on. South Clin
ton street at 7:10 p. m., aged 71 years.
The funeral was held from the resi
dence at 3 p. m. Mr. Peppers, though
improving, is still in the hospital at
this place.
Gladys, the 11-year-old daughter of
W. H. Tyler died Wednesday evening
of diptheria.
Henrp Nelson, an old and hignly
respected citizen of Monroe county
passed away at his home north of Al
bia last night.
You can sell or buy grain, apples,
machinery, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep,
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Read the want ads today.
The November term of court opened
a five weeks' session here Monday with
Judge C. W. Vermilion presiding. No
business of Important nature has yet
been transacted. Court adjourned over
yesterday for a brief holiday.
Permits to wed have been granted to
Ralph E. Moore, 21, and EfTie Tennle,
19, both of Albia Geo. W. Brackert,
25, and Mrs. Dora Miller, both of Albia
and to Lewis Jackson, 21, and Laura
Woodford. 18, both of Buxton.
Mrs. C. M. Shockley and son Donald
left Thursday for a short visit In Os
kaloosa.
Miss Alna Olney of Dudley was at
Albia Friday visiting friends.
Rev. and Mrs. B. Cox of Buxton were
attending the evangelistic services at
the First Methodist church at this
place Friday.
The High school enjoyed a very fine
rhetorical program Friday afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff TV. R. Pierce of Bux
ton was at Albia on official business
Thursday.
EDDYVILLE.
Eddyville—The lecture "A Pair of
Spectacles," given in the Methodist
church was well attended. Mr. Fischer
proved to be a charming entertainer.
Mr. Whitsel who lives- north of town
is quite ill. He Is one of the oldest set
tlers In this community, being ninety
three years of age.
Mr. Butcher who has been in the
hospital in Oskaloosa for some time
was able to return home this week.
Quite a number of people in this
vicinity attended the trale of William
Hobson.
You can sell or buy grain, apples,
machinery, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep,
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Read the want ads today.
The usual Thanks iving services
will be held in tl.e Methodist church.
The sermon will be given by Rev.
Lucy Carter of the Congregational
church.
Joe Bosc-oe north of town has gone
to Colon to remain indefinitely with
his brother.
Born, Nov. .17, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Arnold, a daughter.
Riley Grant arrived home this week
after several weeks' absence in Mon
tana and other points in the west.
Dr. Boyle of the Pella college will
speak in the Baptist church Sunday in
place of their minister Rev. Prewitt.
In place of the usual Wednesday even
ing prayer meeting a cottage prayer
meeting will be held at the home of
Mi's. Fae Waters.
Mrs. Irene Surbaugh a former resi
dent of Eddyville died at Auld, Calif.,
of bronchitis. She was a sister of Mrs.
A. C. Davidson of this place.
Miss Cecil Bible who went to Laredo,
Mo., last week has been very 111.
Mrs. Jessie Morris better known here
as Jessie Blake arrived in Eddyville
this week from her home at Newton,
Neb. She will remain indefinitely vis
iting her parents and other relatives
and friends.
The ladies exchange to be held the
day before Thanksgiving will be on
display in the large window of the
Jones 'meat market.
A number of people from out of
town attended the sale ot Chas. Stuber
this week.
RUSSELL.
Russell—Glenn Jennings and Mrs.
Nina Goode were married Sunday
evening at the Presbyterian manse by
Rev. Soxe. Mr. Jennings is one of the
business men and his bride is a
daughter of Mrs. Josiah Spraeue. They
will reside in the cottage of Ed
Plotts.
You can sell or buy grain, apples,
ma'chineTy. horses, cattle, hogs, sheep,
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Read the want ads today.
Lloyd Gurwell broke his arm play
ing foot ball at school.
Earl Miksell left Tuesday evening
for Oakley for a visit with relatives.
Miss Ada Hanks returned the first
of the week from a visit with friends
at Funk. Nebr.
Sam Taylor has been having a
visit from a friend of his whom he
Why wait until Christmas for yotif
EDISOIN
Phonograph?
Pay us one dollar a week and you,
have it to delight the hearts of your
friends and yourself while you are
paying for it.
Remember ihe place—upstairs over
Ned 5 and 10c Store
Ottumwa Optical Co.,
knew in Ohio but now resides at
Boone, la. They had not se'i each
other for flfty-one years.
C. H. Post spent Wednesday. in
Charlton.
Fred Stacy returned home Wednes
day evening after an extended visit
with relatives at Kingman, Kansas.
STARTS WORK ON CLOCK
The actual work of unpacking the
huge cases containing the parts of the
Wapello county court house clock was
started yesterday and the lower floor
of the building was the scene of much
activity. F. S. Simpson of Chicago,
representing the E. Howard Clock Co.,
of Boston, Mass., who is to install the
clock, Is superintending the work, and
today he has Charles Ream and a
force of men hoisting the huge bell
and the dial. Mr. Simpson expects to
have the clock Installed and in proper
working order within a week or ten
days.
M'GILL IS ANGRY
ATRECKLESSMEN
DECLARES HE WILL STOP HUNT­
ING ON HIS FARM—GIVES
GOOD REASONS.
"Hunters in and around Ottumwa
are getting to be awfully reckless ,"
said Gilbert McGill who resides on a
farm a short distance southwest of the
city. "Recently In looking over my
stock I found there were tRree head of
cattle missing. After a thorough
search I was astonished in passing
through a, little thicket at finding ono
of my best heiMrs lying along-side
the path, dead. After walking a short
distance farther into the brush I found
the second dead heifer. Both of these
had been shot In the left shoulder and
from indications had been dead for
two or three days. The following day
one of my ipen found the other miss
ing one which was not dead, but has
died since. I am, If possible, going to
bring the scoundrel to count and make
him settle for the three head of cattle
which he so recklessly killed during
¥T IliV/U "V/ OU »"0
his would-be pleasure hunting trip. ••:.,••
"I cannot see why and for what rea
son a man will deliberately enter an
other man's field, and recklessly shoot
at any and every bird and rabbit that
he happens to see, having no regard
or though whatever of the stock that
is near. ..
"X.ast fair there was a valuable Uvo-'
year-old colt killed while being pas- 5
tured on my farm. The owner being
a very reasonable gentleman would
not under the circumstances accept
any pay for the dead colt, but I waived
the pasture rent on the other stock
he had on my farm.
"This custom of hunters going into
my fields and almost taking possession
of the premises is getting unbearable
and will have to be stopped or I am
going to make it rather expensive for
someone and besides it may cause
them some bodily harm.
"I shall have every person (friend or
stranger) whom I catch upon my place
with any kind of a fire-arm in their
possession, arrested and will prose
cute them to the fullest extent of the
law. I may also give someone a load
of buck-shot to carry home with them.
"About two Sunday's ago a young
fellow that lives in Ottumwa and
whom I know very well, came In past
my back door and out through the
barn lot and started a hunting ex
pedition. As soon as I caught sight of
him I demanded a halt and an explana
tion from him, but he preferred his
safety and made a hasty retreat. What
I should have done was to have him ar
rested and given the privilege of pay
ing a fine for trespassing."
"FATE" MARTIN CONVERTED.
Former Burlington Divekeeper
Will
Study Theology Converted by
Gipsy Smith.
Burlington, Nov. 23.—Word comes
from Chicago that "Fate" Martin, a
former well known colored dive keep
er of Burlington, has been converted
to Christianity, by Gipsy Smith, an4
will take up the study of theology
with the ultimate idea of spreading
the
gospel in Africa.
For twenty years Martin ran a sa«'
loon and boarding house here, in
which there was more or less trouble
all the time. Several violent deaths
occurred in his place, and it was final'
lv closed and Martin went to Chicago,
where he established himself In th«
same business on State street.
Washington Progressing.
Indianapolis News.—The father oi
this country is still malting headway,
His counterfeit presentment is now
to be advanced from the 2-cent stamg
to the 5-cent piece.